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Tunics were a popular garment for boys in both Europe and America. We believe Austrian boys wore tunics in the 19th century, but still have very limited information at this time. Our Austrian 19th century archive is still very small. Austria is a small country and as best we can tell the tunic was worn by just the affluent urban population. So the number of paintings and photographs is only a fraction of larger countries. We believe that Austrian boys commonly wore tunics in the early- and mid-19th century, but have few details at this time. Our impression is that tunics were more of an upper- and middle-class style. Avaiable images of peasant children show no indication of tunics. We note the Redtenbacher boys in a portrit by Gabriel Decker duing the mid-19th century. The two older boys wear tunics, one is a plain brown tunic, the other a Scotish plaid. The waists utilize cords rather than the more military-looking belts. A second Decker portrait of an unidentified father and son painted at about the same time shows another tunic, this time a blue checked tunic. We do see boys wearing tunic suits in the early-20th century. Younger Austrian boys may have wore tunic suits in the early-20th century.
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